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Letter from Dorothy Foster to her mother, November 24, 1903
Title:
Letter from Dorothy Foster to her mother, 1903
Description:
Two letters, one written on November 24 and another written earlier but not mailed. Dorothy is very busy with her work so she is planning to stay on campus for Thanksgiving, but she wishes she could be with her family and suggests ideas for toasts. She had mock orals where she did very well. Everyone is excited about W.B. Yeats's upcoming visit - the English Club will welcome him and Philadelphia intellectual elite. Bryn Mawr won the last hockey game of the season.
Date:
1903-11-24
Collection:
Dorothy Foster Papers
Letter from Nathalie Gookin to her mother, November 24, 1916
Title:
Letter from Nathalie Gookin to her mother, 1916
Description:
Gookin frets about her upcoming Thanksgiving plans. She also writes about her daily activities.
Date:
1916-11-24
Collection:
Nathalie Gookin Papers
Letter from Nathalie Gookin to her mother, November 27, 1919
Title:
Letter from Nathalie Gookin to her mother, 1919
Description:
Gookin writes of her safe arrival in Boston for Thanksgiving break.
Date:
1919-11-27
Collection:
Nathalie Gookin Papers
Letter from Marie Litzinger to her parents, November 25, 1917
Title:
Letter from Marie Litzinger to her parents, 1917
Description:
Marie is looking forward to Thanksgiving vacation in a few days. Sophomores and Seniors of Radnor are planning a play for the "odd" years. Hockey is still underway, but tennis season is almost over, because it is getting too cold. Dr. Shaw gave a lecture on women's suffrage and the war.
Collection:
Marie Litzinger Papers
Letter from Nathalie Gookin to her mother, November 14, 1918
Title:
Letter from Nathalie Gookin to her mother, 1918
Description:
Gookin writes about her day, and of plans to stay at Bryn Mawr over Thanksgiving break.
Date:
1918-11-14
Collection:
Nathalie Gookin Papers
1862 December 3, to Dear Cousin Sarah
Title:
1862 December 3, to Dear Cousin Sarah
Date:
1862-12-03
Collection:
Cope Evans Family Papers
Letter from Nathalie Gookin to her mother, November 29, 1917
Title:
Letter from Nathalie Gookin to her mother, 1917
Description:
Gookin tells her mother about her journey to Boston, and of settling in at her friend's house for Thanksgiving.
Date:
1917-11-29
Collection:
Nathalie Gookin Papers
Letter from Dorothy Foster to her mother, November 30, 1902
Title:
Letter from Dorothy Foster to her mother, 1902
Description:
Letter from Dorothy Foster to her mother describing her visit to her friend Jeannette Hemphill's family in Haverford for Thanksgiving dinner and other events of the Thanksgiving break. She tells her mother about the Philosophical Club meeting.
Date:
1902-11-30
Collection:
Dorothy Foster Papers
1903 November 22, Lakewood, to My dearest Husband
Title:
1903 November 22, to My dearest Husband
Date:
1903-11-22
Collection:
Cope Evans Family Papers
Letter from Dorothy Foster to her father, November 30, 1902
Title:
Letter from Dorothy Foster to her father, 1902
Description:
Letter from Dorothy Foster to her father describing her Thanksgiving dinner with the Hemphill family and her trip to Philadelphia to visit an exhibition at the Academy of Fine Arts.
Date:
1902-11-30
Collection:
Dorothy Foster Papers
Letter from Nathalie Gookin to her mother, November 30, 1917
Title:
Letter from Nathalie Gookin to her mother, 1917
Description:
Gookin tells her mother about her Thanksgiving break in Massachusetts.
Date:
1917-11-30
Collection:
Nathalie Gookin Papers
Letter from Dorothy Foster to her mother, December 2, 1902
Title:
Letter from Dorothy Foster to her mother, 1902
Description:
Letter from Dorothy Foster to her mother asking for more details about the family's Thanksgiving celebration. She also discusses the work she is doing for her classes.
Date:
1902-12-02
Collection:
Dorothy Foster Papers
Letter from Dorothy Foster to her mother, November 25, 1902
Title:
Letter from Dorothy Foster to her mother, 1902
Description:
Letter from Dorothy Foster to her mother. Dorothy describes her busy days and evenings. She wishes she could come home for Thanksgiving and informs her mother of her plan to have Thanksgiving dinner with a friend's family in Haverford.
Date:
1902-11-25
Collection:
Dorothy Foster Papers
Lucretia Mott letter to Martha Mott Lord
Title:
Lucretia Mott letter to Martha Mott Lord
Description:
Written from Roadside. Lucretia Mott shares recent news concerning family and friends, including the death of someone named Child and the engagement of Emily Davis to a widower named Tyson. Partially written over a printed petition for the repeal of the war clauses in the Constitution.
Date:
1874-12-04
Collection:
Mott Manuscripts, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Lucretia Mott letter to Martha Mott Lord and George Lord
Title:
Lucretia Mott letter to Martha Mott Lord and George Lord
Description:
Written from Eddington, the farm where Lucretia Mott's daughter Elizabeth Cavender and son-in-law Thomas Cavender lived from 1860-1865; the paper also bears a printed a circular advertising the speeches of Mrs. Emily Shaw (possibly Mott's granddaughter Emily Mott Shaw). Lucretia Mott gives her daughter Martha ("Pattie") Lord and son-in-law law George Lord various news of friends and family and discusses recent visitors they have had. She makes brief mention of various topics, including her children's trips to the opera, a female doctor who is using mesmerism to treat Mott's granddaughter Fanny, a recent "League Meeting" held by Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and a family member's recent assistance in a childbirth and subsequent interaction with a male physician. Mott also discusses the furniture she will be sending to the Lords, who recently moved into a new house in New York.
Date:
1862-1875
Collection:
Mott Manuscripts, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Caroline F. Putnam letter fragment to Emily Howland
Title:
Caroline F. Putnam letter fragment to Emily Howland
Description:
Undated fragment written by Caroline F. Putnam, an abolitionist and educator of freedmen. Discusses Putnam's Thanksgiving, as well as a letter received from Howland involving several well-known women's rights activists. Briefly discusses lynching and an anti-lynching organization. Thanks Howland for subscribing Putnam to several periodicals and wishes her a happy birthday.
Date:
1899-1917
Collection:
Emily Howland Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Alice Stone Blackwell postcard to Emily Howland
Title:
Alice Stone Blackwell postcard to Emily Howland
Description:
Written by Alice Stone Blackwell, a suffragist and human rights activist. Says that many African Americans must be thankful for Emily Howland; Blackwell is similarly thankful. The back of the postcard features a Thankgiving-themed image and message.
Date:
1900-1929
Collection:
Emily Howland Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Letter from Nathalie Gookin to her mother, November 24, 1918
Title:
Letter from Nathalie Gookin to her mother, 1918
Description:
Gookin writes about her health, and about her plans to remain at Bryn Mawr over Thanksgiving break. She also writes about lectures she attended, and other student activities.
Date:
1918-11-24
Collection:
Nathalie Gookin Papers
Letter from Mary Elizabeth Garrett to M. Carey Thomas, November 29, 1888
Title:
Letter from Mary Elizabeth Garrett to M. Carey Thomas, 1888
Description:
Mary Garrett sends M. Carey Thomas a sentimental note on Thanksgiving Day, letting her know that she is thinking of her, and that she knows her family must appreciate having her at home with them.
Date:
1888-11-29
Collection:
M. Carey Thomas Papers, In Her Own Right, Bryn Mawr College
Letter from Nathalie Gookin to her mother, November 19, 1917
Title:
Letter from Nathalie Gookin to her mother, 1917
Description:
Gookin writes about her plans for Thanksgiving, her classes, grades, and field hockey.
Date:
1917-11-19
Collection:
Nathalie Gookin Papers

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